The New Zealand Plant Conservation Network

Species

Haastia recurva var. recurva

Etymology

Haastia: after Haast
recurva: bent back

Common Name(s)

Haastia

Current Conservation Status

2012 - Not Threatened

Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012
The conservation status of all known New Zealand vascular plant taxa at the rank of species and below were reassessed in 2012 using the New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZTCS). This report includes a statistical summary and brief notes on changes since 2009 and replaces all previous NZTCS lists for vascular plants. Authors: Peter J. de Lange, Jeremy R. Rolfe, Paul D. Champion, Shannel P. Courtney, Peter B. Heenan, John W. Barkla, Ewen K. Cameron, David A. Norton and Rodney A. Hitchmough. File size: 792KB

Previous Conservation Status

2009 - Not Threatened
2004 - Not Threatened

Authority

Haastia recurva Hook.f. var. recurva

Family

Asteraceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Native

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Herbs - Composites

Synonyms

Haastia recurva Hook.f.

Distribution

Endemic. South Island: Marlborough

Habitat

Subalpine to alpine screes,

Features

Dirty greyish-yellow to grey-coloured, summer-green, perennial plant forming rather densely to laxly branched, procumbent patches. Branches up to c.250 mm long; branchlets covered by sheathing bases of leaves, c.5 mm diameter. Leaves up to 20 × 10 mm, obovate, upper half somewhat thickened and strongly recurved, rugose, the whole clad in dense long fulvous to rufous hairs except adaxial portion of base; veins 5-10, anastomosing above. Receptacle c.3-5 mm. diameter; involucral bracts linear, tips recurved, under surface pilose. Achenes 2.5-3.0 mm. long, linear, compressed; pappus c.9 mm long.

Similar Taxa

Distinguished from Haastia pulvinaris by the less compact, openly branched, distinctly leafy growth habit. Haastia recurva differs from H. sinclairii by the very strongly recurved leaves, and floccose rather than appressed to subappressed leaf tomentum. Haastia recurva var. wallii is chiefly distinguished from var. recurva by the small leaves and capitula; by the hairs which are mostly whiter and by the distinctly apiculate rather than linear, recurved involucral bracts

Flowering

November - January

Flower Colours

Orange,Yellow

Fruiting

December – February

Propagation Technique

Difficult. Should not be removed from the wild

Threats

Not Threatened

Chromosome No.

2n = 60

Endemic Taxon

Yes

Endemic Genus

Yes

Endemic Family

No

Life Cycle and Dispersal

Pappate cypselae are dispersed by wind (Thorsen et al., 2009).

This page last updated on 2 Oct 2014